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Similar to fascism or socialism, the political ideology of populism has meant different things to different people at different times in history. With its American roots planted in the 19th century, ...

To call Trump a “populist” is to desecrate the memory of the 19th century movement that took on robber barons like him. A hay crew poses with a baler circa 1890. At the time, populism was uniting ...

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Winston Marshall, the former banjo player from the band "Mumford & Sons", now host of The Winston Marshall Show podcast, spoke in opposition to an Oxford Union motion that "This House Believes ...

A new populist movement in America launched with Trump tattoos and sporting stadiums filled with roaring crowds in displays that continued in off-election years and into the current election ...

Former Vice President Mike Pence has warned against the rise of populism influencing the Republican Party following Donald Trump's election victory. In a speech at Lakewood's Colorado Christian ...

Hotly contested elections are nothing new in this country, nor are elections fought around themes of populism. These battles have been fought as far back as the first iteration of American populism ...

American politics resembles a three-way scrum. An institutional center, dominated by a guardian class of elites, who manage pretty much everything in modern society, faces persistent assaults from the ...

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"Perfect populist pitch," beamed CBS analyst Jeff Greenfield right after Sarah Palin's big speech at the GOP fawnfest in St. Paul, Minn. "She's a populist," echoed Karl Rove over at Fox TV. Excuse me?

A key difference between populism and fascism is that, for populists, actual electoral results matter. In contrast, fascism implies permanent power, irrespective of the ballot box. Populism affirms ...